Jeremiah 44:18

And Jeremias said to the king, Wherein have I wronged thee, or thy servants, or this people, that thou puttest me in prison?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

In Context

17Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.

19And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?

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Cross References

Job 21:14Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know thy ways.

Jeremiah 40:12Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for want of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting-places for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

Malachi 3:14Ye said, He that serves God + 3:14 Gr. is vain.labours in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 44:16-20

The People's Insolent Reply. ( b. c. 587.) 15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord , we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink… Read the whole commentary →

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